Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-27

EDITOR NoRTEwEsT:-In further discussion Of
the subject introduced in my last weeks article and
to make the facts fully comprehensive to every citi
zen of the township and village corporation, feel
compelled to ask your further indulgence through
your esteemed paper. As one OF the commmittee
deemed the duty assigned to this committee finished
been examined for the years in question: and the re-
rul of such examination reported in writing to the
proper authorities without assuming the position of
jurist or judge in the case. ., ..r
The case In nutshell is as simple as the SIM
pie rules Of arithmetic, and the only question that
has any bearing in the merits of the case is have
the township trustees exceeded their legal authority
in levying taxes on the incorporated village OF
Liberty enter. 1t was not the business ofthis COM
mittee to inquire whether the township had or
had not over-taxed itself for its own purposes but
whether the incorporated village had been over
taxed by the township authorities for any and all
purposes, for the use of the township outside the
village corporation, was and is the only question
at issue, and II any is shown by the figures
beyound legal authority, 1t matters not by what
manipulation this has been done or under what
heading his excess,f any, is merged into Has the
township got any money by Illegal levies from the
village was the only question for the committee, but
other distin guished committeeman views the mat
ter in different light, and walks out on very broad
ground, and from his written report gather the
following, III correctly interpreted,) that the
claim of the village is not without merit but as the
levy by the trustees of the township was on the
property and not on the incorporated village there
is no claim against the township by the village.
At this juncture may ask for information. What
composes the material to make up and form On in
corporated body, other than association of peo-
pie and property, consisting Of both personal and
real and owners and occupants of the same.
| With my limited comprehension fail to distin-
guish between the association Of property and ev-
erything included to make up and incorporated
body, and the incorporation itself.
i The other committeeman says In his own words
that there has been excess, and that the claims
is not without merit, but az the lew was made on
the property of the corporation instead Of the
poration itself, the township is not liable to the
corporation as an incorporated body, and assumes
the right of advising the township, If they have go
anything that don't belong to them to keep 1t, II
they can; but don't do so any more.
Now, Mr.. Editor. for the benefit of parties con
cerned and the justice Of the case allow me to ex
tend this inquiry little farther and ask how the
Incorporated body Of Liberty Center could have
taxes levied upon 1t, without levying upon prop
erty Of corporation, and after the corporation hat
been illegally taxed by another corporation for
series Of years, whose duty and business is 1t tt
seek redress for the injur ed corporation from the
Corporation committing such injury for the benefit
and use ofthe transgressor7
Ifit is good law that the officers of one corpora
tion can infilct wrong upon the whole property
Of another corporation, and the offers of the injur
ed corporation cannot defend the rights OF body
becanse the property was owned by individuals
would destroy the effect and protection of individ
ual rights through its officers of all corporate bod
les, because oil corporate bodies made up Of in
dividual things, forming the one grand whole with
officers to sue and be sued prosecute and defend for
| any infraction Of law pro and con
SO understand the position Of officers Of muni
cipal their right and duty to protect and
defend, and indeed,I know ofno other way for one
eorporated body to reach another corporsted body
except through and by the officers Of the two incor-